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Andrew Morton's controversial book, Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, may never be printed this side of the Atlantic, reports the Telegraph. Macmillan has caved in to pressure from Tom Cruise and abandoned plans to publish the biography of the Hollywood actor.
Sources at Macmillan said that by the time lawyers had finished deleting any potentially libellous passages there was "not enough left to make a good read".
"We have decided that we will not now be publishing the book," a spokesman for the 165-year-old company said. "Although it was published in America, Cruise had so many complaints that by the time our lawyers had been through it, there was nothing left but red ink. We have explored every possible option, but have concluded that once the potentially defamatory sections are taken out, there is not enought left to make a good read."
Macmillan added that Morton believed he may have more luck with another publisher.